Machine for washing vegetables



(No Model.)

CASPER SIPPLE 0F. C.

MACHINE FORWASHING VBGBTABLBS.

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" are@ tries@ CASPER SIPPLE OF C., 0F G-ARDENVILLE, MARYLANDSPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,535, dated February22, 1893.

Application filed June lJ 1897. Serial No. 638,923. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CASPER SIPPLE or 0 a citizen of the United States,residing at Gardenville, in the county of Baltimore and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor 'Washing Vegetables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine' for washing vegetables which areput up in bunches in readiness for the market.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of simpleconstruction adapted to wash bunched vegetables rapidly and thoroughly.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a side elevation of the machine in section. Fig. 2 is an endelevation, parts also being in section.

A tub or box A to contain water is mounted on a suitable stand or baseB. Vithin the tub or box is a frame which comprises two uprights C,whereon a brush-roller cl is mounted. A gear-wheel e is mounted on oneend of the brush-roller shaft d and meshes with another wheel f, mountedabove. it. The wheel e on the roller-shaft d' is on the outer side ofthe upright C and between it and the wall of the tub. In this positionthe gearwheel can revolve in the water without interfering with thevegetables. The brush-roller d and this wheel are thus arranged to avoidperforating the Walls of the tub for bearings for the shaft and obviatethe liability of leakage through the tub. The shaft f of the upper wheelhas two bearings, one in the said upright @,which projects above the topof the tub, and the other in a vertical standard parallel with the upperprojecting end of said upright and connected therewith at the top andresting on the upper edge of the tub A. The upper wheel f revolvesbetween the upright C and said vertical standard. The shaft l45 fcarries a crank or pulley to drive it. In the present instance it is apulley g. A crankshaft 71, is mounted on the stand B andis operated byatreadle t', and on one end this shaft carries a fly-wheel j and at theother end a drive-pulley la. A cord or belt Z connects the drive-pulley71; and pulley g. This simple mechanism provides for revolving thebrushroller d. The bristles d2 on the roller revolve in the water, andthe vegetables to be washed are brought into position in the water belowthe brushes, so as to be acted on by the revolving brushes, whichthoroughly clean the vegetables,

An inclined board N is supported between the two uprights C and belowthe revolving brushes and serves to support the bunch of vegetablessubmerged in the water in proper position while the brushes and water dothe Washing. The position of the inclined board may be changed to haveit raised or lowered. In the present instance the lower end of theinclined board is supported on suitable blocks o, attached to theuprights C, and the higher end of the board is at the side of the tub orbox where the operator stands. This higher end is sustained by a springp, which will yield, and thereby said higher end may be depressed by theoperator bearing his hand on the board. It will be seen that when theoperator takes a bunch of vegetables in his hand to wash them his hand,with the vegetables, rests on the inclined board below the revolvingbrushes. He can therefore be governed by the size of the bunch anddepress the board more or less, all the time holding onto the bunch withhis hand.

As here shown, an operator can keep the machine in motion and washvegetables in bunches with great rapidity.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is#- In avegetable-washing machine, the combination of a tub, A; a frame withinthe tub and having two uprights, C, one of which projects up above thetop of the tub; a brushroller, d, mounted in bearings in said twouprights; a gear-wheel, c, on the shaft of said brush-roller and betweenthe upright and the wall of the tub where it can revolve in the waterwithout interfering with the vegetables; a vertical standard resting onthe upper edge of the tub and parallel with the upper projecting end ofsaid upright and connected therewith; a shaft, f', mounted in bearingswhich are respectively in said upper projecting end of the upright andsaid vertical standard, and carrying a wheel, f, which meshes with saidroller gear-wheel; a smooth In testimony whereof I affix my signatureinclined board, N, between the said two upin the presence of twowitnesses.

riohts and below the brush-roller; and a suspeansion spiral spring, p,having one of its CASPER SIPPLE OF C' ends attached to one of theuprights and the Witnesses: other end attached to the higher edge of theEMMA M. CARTER, said inclined board, as set forth. WM. I-I. CARTER.

